Symposia and Workshops

John Charles Olmsted's 1903 Portland park master plan- which called for the creation of a comprehensive system of parks- trails- natural areas- boulevards- and parkways remains the inspiration for our modern day regional parks- Greenspaces- and trails planning.

Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium

2008 Keynote Speaker- Dr. Stan Ghert- Ohio State University- describes his research on urban coyotes in Chicago- IL The Institute is a co-founder of the Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium (UERC)- which annually hosts an Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium that brings together people from the academic- nonprofit- and agency communities to share their research on the urban ecosystem- with an emphasis on research in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region.

February 24, 2012 will be the tenth annual annual symposium- which will be hosted at Portland State University. The Institute works with multiple partners to plan and conduct conferences- symposia- workshops and other public forums to bring urban park and greenspace experts from around the world to share information with the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region and to share our experiences with others.

The Institute works with multiple partners to plan and conduct conferences- symposia- workshops and other public forums to bring urban park and greenspace experts from around the world to share information with the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region and to share our experiences with others.

Wild in the City, Exploring The Intertwine Launched!

Wild in the City, Exploring The Intertwine has launched!

Go to Audubon Society of Portland website

http://audubonportland.org/news/wic

Ross Island Vision Team: Envisioning Ross Island

The Institute has produced, with its partners at the Willamette Riverkeeper, Audubon Society of Portland, Greenworks landscape architecture, architects, and landscape architects a plan for Ross Island, Envisioning Ross Island (.pdf)

Bi-State Trail Plan

Unveiled The long awaited Bi-State Trail Plan was released at a meeting of The Intertwine Alliance on April 9th in downtown Vancouver, Washington.

Oregon Public Broadcasting features Portland Memorial Mausoleum mural project

On April 15th OPB's Art Beat Program ran a 10 minute special feature on the 50,000 square foot wetland mural that the Urban Greenspaces Institute collaborated with ArtFX Murals to produce on the Portland Memorial Mausoleum overlooking 160-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. Click here to view OPBs video.

Metro Urban and Rural Reserves planning map

A coalition of nonprofit organizations representing the region's agricultural industry, nurseries, and conservation organizations including the Urban Greenspaces Institute released a consensus map that outlines areas this unique coalition considers appropriate for consideration as future Urban Reserves and areas

....if we have to err in our acquisition programs let it be toward more open space. We must make every piece of space do double and triple duty, and we have all the tools and precedents we need to make smaller spaces seem larger and find ways to link them make them far more accessible to people, and if not to the foot, at least to the eye.

~ William H. Whyte, The Last Landscape, 1968

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